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WORKING TOWARD A PALESTINE WITHOUT HUNGER

ACF welcomes new Food Security and Livelihoods Program Manager, Anas Musallam, to the Gaza team
Anas email: fspm-pt-ga@ acf-e.org

Action Against Hunger (ACF) has been active in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) since September 2002. ACFs mandate is to support vulnerable populations affected by continuing crisis. We strive to reinforce the autonomy of communities by improving their coping strategies and their access to basic services and sustainable livelihoods. Recent milestones of Action Against Hunger in oPt: Started construction of new water network in Al Burj, southern Hebron region Joined advocacy campaign calling global attention to the 5th year of the Gaza blockade Facilitated short term employment & work experience for 101 young graduates Tested more than 1,000 water samples in the southern West Bank Rehabilitated more than 40 km of agricultural roads in Gaza to support small scale farmers Carried out a rapid assessment of water scarcity in southern Hebron Hills Elected Chair of 86 member Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA)

Join us in the fight against hunger and make a donation at:

ACF offices in the OPT Territory: Jerusalem: Beit Hanina Tel: +972 (0) 2 583 5739 Hebron: Hebron University St. Tel: +972 (0) 2 221 3120 Gaza: Al Rasheed St. Tel: +972 (0) 8 282 6626 Accin contra el Hambre on Facebook ACF welcomes new WASH Coordinator, Catherine Darriulat, to the mission!
Catherines email: coordws-pt@ acf-e.org

ACF Project Officers Suha and Eman celebrate Europe Day

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Surveying the needs of pastoralist communities

ACF responds to open sewage threat in Gaza

ACF has joined a response project to alleviate the risk in hazard areas around sewage lagoons or storm water basins of Gaza, where several children have drowned. When risk areas were mapped out together by the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility and other WASH partners, a preliminary analysis found 35 such risk areas in Gaza, of which 16 are in need of emergency intervention to secure perimeter access. With dedicated funding from the OCHAHRF fund, ACF has undertaken to secure the Qatatwa neighborhood from any further risk caused by the open sewage site in the area.

ACF has partnered with Islamic Relief and Medicos del Mundo (MDM) to assess the needs of marginalized Bedouin and herder villages in the West Bank, which include some of the most vulnerable communities in the oPt. The survey will gather accurate, up-to-date information on the state of basic infrastructure, essential health, education and WASH services, and livelihood support. Teams of surveyors from the three organisations will visit a total of 108 pastoralist communities located in five governates and complete nearly 500 questionnaires.

Do you take WATER for granted? For two billion people around the world, water is a luxury. Watch this ACF video, made with the support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO): www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Sr7pnnB7E

ACF signboard and fence at Qatatwa sewage site

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Bringing light to Masafer Yatta

ACF Hebron team, working with Hebron University and Comet-Me, recently installed an electrical system for two communities in Masafer Yatta. Funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO), the integrated system combines solar panels with inverters and batteries to produce cheap, renewable energy.

Masafer Yatta residents live under constant threat of expulsion following renewed attempts by the Israeli military to have the entire area declared a firing zone, denying the residents the right to live there.
For more information on firing zones please see the OCHA briefing: The Humanitarian Impact of Israeli-declared Firing Zones in the West Bank | August 2012 at: http://www.och.org/

ACF in the oPt is funded by: